Entreaties

Bubba left nary an asset, relative nor even a wet spot in California to serve as a connection to his past life there so is impervious to entreaties from the state income tax functionaries for a cut of his retirement nut. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Brushing aside Spaak's accusations that he was not being "a good European", Mendès-France also ignored entreaties from the Americans and even Churchill, from whom he sought, unsuccessfully, guarantees of British involvement in the EDC. ❋ Richard (2005)

Those concerns follow similar entreaties from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, which urged further study of the rule to ensure it doesn't hurt poor and minority consumers by making banking services unaffordable. ❋ Victoria McGrane (2011)

The only reply to their entreaties was a harsh command to move on faster frequently followed by a blow. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

The unfortunate Princess understood only too well the dangers of her position, and she accordingly exerted all her influence to obtain the dismissal of Puylaurens, but the brilliant favourite had become necessary to the existence of his frivolous master, far more so, indeed, than the wife who was no longer rendered irresistible by novelty; and the only result of her entreaties was a peevish order not to listen to any complaints against those who were attached to his person. ❋ Julia Pardoe (1833)

-- _which fain_ would it _convince_; that is, the entreaties of love which would fain _over-power_ grief. ❋ Samuel Johnson (1746)

Is it wrong that I love the idea of Hillary Clinton making "entreaties" to Al Gore? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Almost always, Jung seems too busy to answer Kirsch's entreaties to interpret a dream, help with understanding a difficult patient, present at a seminar or make himself available for a consultation but that does not stop the flow of material from Kirsch that gets richer and richer with each lack of response from Jung--perhaps like an analysis itself. ❋ M.D. Thomas Singer (2011)

Feltman also pushed back against the theory that Syria has spurned Obama's entreaties because it believes Iran is winning power and influence in the region. ❋ Glenn Kessler (2010)

Because of the entreaties of President Obama to the Egyptian government, they were saved from violence and permitted to board Israeli jets to go home to Israel. ❋ Ed Koch (2011)

Several Democratic strategists said the White House's denunciations had made entreaties to prospective donors trickier. ❋ Jane Hamsher (2010)

Whereupon, after pleadings and entreaties that extended through weeks, Professor Wert took a dislike to the young man, believed him a liar, and classified him as a man of monstrous selfishness for not giving him a glimpse of this wonderful screed that was older than the oldest any philologist had ever known or dreamed. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As Robert, King of Naples, had laid siege to the city, and famine wasted it, he poured forth his prayers to God, urged thereto by the entreaties of the citizens. ❋ John (2009)

Wildlife officials say the penguin has been eating wet sand, likely mistaking it for snow, and Simpson said its plight has sparked entreaties from around the world asking New Zealand to help the penguin get home since it was spotted by a resident on Monday. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Christian Wulff , the popular premier of Lower Saxony, accepted Ms. Merkel's entreaties last year to become Germany's president, a largely ceremonial role. ❋ Patrick McGroarty (2011)